Chapter 11

July 1993

The house was quiet and it unnerved Aries, she still wasn't used to Dora having moved out, it happened while she was at Hogwarts. She was used to Dora being herself and creating noises throughout the house. Both Ted and Andromeda were at work and Aries was in charge but Perseus was just in his room.

Aries went down to the kitchen with the idea of having to start lunch, she was half way through when there was a noise. "Perseus is that you?" Aries called out but when there wasn't a reply she stopped what she was doing and left the room.

Aries made it to the living and managed to duck in time to miss the spell that was aimed at her. Aries couldn't believe someone had gotten into the house, Andromeda had told her the house was well protected.

Aries just hoped her brother was safe upstairs, it was moments like these she wished she was 17 and able to defend herself. Andromeda wouldn't allow her to use magic in the house, it didn't matter if the Ministry wouldn't follow up on it and because of that Aries always left her wand in her room.

Aries decided in a spilt second that she needed to make a run for Perseus and make sure he was safe upstairs but as she stood she was hit with a leg locking spell and she fell to the ground hitting her head on the way down and everything went dizzy.

"Woah stop, she won't know anything."

"Dora?" Aries managed to croak out, she wished the dizziness would go away.

"Yes it's me Aries, are you alright?" Aries could finally see Dora in her vision, even if she was a little blurry.

"I hit my head."

"It's alright, mum will be here soon just stay there and try to stay awake," Aries nodded and watched as Dora left her field of vision.

"Why did you have to attack her, she won't know anything!"

"You aren't apart of this Tonks, you're not even meant to be here."

"Yes but I know there are two minors in this house and you just attacked one of them!"

"What do you mean two minors?"

"Why did you attack Aries, she doesn't even have her wand on her."

"She was running away, what if she was going after him?"

Him? Aries was confused, why would they think she was going after someone? The only way she was staying awake is because she was focusing on their conversation when she knew she shouldn't.

"She doesn't even know anything, you don't have to attack a minor just because you think you know the right thing. Just because you are a higher rank than me doesn't mean you are right."

"TONKS! What are you doing here?"

"Davies" that confused Aries, how many people were in her house and she wondered if this was a relation to Roger Davies. "I heard about the plan to search the home, I used to live here you know I would have told you this was stupid just barging into the house when minors live here that can't protect themselves. Aries where are the elves?" Aries finally sat up and looked at the room and took in just how many people were present.

"The other properties, Misty was going to come and cook dinner tonight. Dromeda is working the late shift and Ted has a dinner meeting."

"Look Davies, no adults are present and you barged into a house containing minors."

"Tonks you keep saying Minors, our records only indicate Miss Black that is staying here."

"Oh god Dora, where is Pers and why the hell hasn't someone let me free!" Aries yelled and Dora waved her wand allowing Aries to get up and make a run for it.

She only just heard Dora yell in the distance don't, she made it upstairs and headed straight for Perseus' room. She opened the door and found him sitting there like he hadn't heard anything that happened downstairs.

"Thank god you are safe," she ran over and put her arms around and he squirmed against her

"Why are you doing this?"

"You didn't hear anything from downstairs?"

"No, surely you know the floors are charmed" Aries laughed, she completely forgot about the silencing charms they had placed on the floors when Perseus was a baby.

"I guess I forgot."

It was then Perseus noticed that something wasn't right with Aries, she looked off and it worried him. "What's going on?"

"I've got no idea, come on we will find out." Perseus instantly got up and grabbed her hand and walked downstairs with her.

Perseus knew his sister wasn't afraid of much and if something had happened to worry or scare her then he didn't want to go into it alone.

"Aries who's here?" Perseus spoke when he heard voices coming from the other room but Aries didn't reply and it unnerved him.

When they entered the living where Aries left the Aurors, Perseus noticed all the strangers in his home and he didn't like it. He knew there was a reason he was hidden from the wizarding world and it didn't bother him, he had his family and friends and that's all that mattered.

"Hey buddy, how are you?" Dora spoke when she spotted Perseus standing there looking unnerved.

"Hi Dora, what's going on. I thought you had to work today?" Perseus gave her a smile while questioning, he had originally asked why Dora couldn't watch them but when it was revealed that she had to work he understood.

"Tonks who's this?"

"My brother and his name is Perseus, now what the hell are you doing my house?" Aries addressed the Auror and it shocked Perseus, he had to look at her to make sure it was her that actually spoke. They had both had the same upbringing and Aries rarely spoke with such ease and authority like this but now, when strangers were intruding in her own home she wasn't happy.

"Your home? I was told this belonged to Mr and Mrs Tonks."

"And that is when you are wrong again, this is Monroe Manor and was handed to me when my mother was admitted to St Mungo's. Ted and Andromeda decided to move in here in hopes I would cope better as a child in my own home. Now what are you doing here? I could just as easily sue you for entering my home and attacking me unprovoked, I was unarmed and I'm a minor, what could I have done to you?"

"I'm sorry for hurting you, I was just trying to prevent you from escaping."

"I wanted to check on my brother, you said you were worried I was going after him? Who is him because I know every single one of you is confused as to who my brother is."

Aries stood there staring at the Aurors, she was completely confused as to why they were in her home. None of them said anything, they all shared a look but yet no one still said anything.

"Aries it seems as though Sirius has escaped" Aries stared at Dora, she couldn't believe this but at least now it made sense as to why they checked the house.

"Who's Sirius?" Perseus questioned but it wasn't until he looked at Aries and noticed her jaw tighten and eyes filled with anger that he realised something. "It's him isn't it?"

Aries shook her head before turning around and squatting down to be face to face with Perseus. "Yes Sirius is our biological father but he hasn't been here, Ted has. Ted has raised us not him, okay?"

"Will someone please tell me who Perseus is?"

Aries stood up and faced the Aurors and couldn't believe how stupid they were, she had said everything they needed to know but yet hadn't put the information together. "He is my brother, my mother was pregnant when she was admitted to St Mungo's and she was lucky she didn't lose him since it was early in the pregnancy"

"So Sirius Black has two children, why wasn't it on the records?"

"Tell me something, do you know how the pure blood families work? If you do then you know exactly who he is, if the rest of the Black family found out about him it would custody trial after custody trial. The only ones interested in me were the Malfoys in hopes of marrying me off to who they wanted to produce a Black heir for them to control"

"Very well then, are we allowed to search the rest of the house?"

"As long as you don't destroy anything and stop attacking me"

The Aurors nodded at Aries and proceeded to search the rest of the house, when they left Dora turned and watched Aries with concern. Dora was worried when Aries' masked was going to falter and she was going to break down after hearing this news.

"I'm going to see if one of the Aurors can check my room so I can shower" both Dora and Perseus were shocked at how emotionless Aries sounded. She didn't even let them speak before she turned and left the room.

"Is she going to be alright Dora?"

"No idea, why don't we stay in here while the Aurors check the house?"

"Can we go in the kitchen? Aries was meant to make lunch."

"Of course, come on," Dora placed a hand on Perseus shoulder and led him towards the kitchen while pushing her worries about Aries aside for the time being.

Aries sat on her bed and patiently waited until the Auror had finished before locking her door and just standing there for a second or two before picking up her things and throwing them against the wall.

It was later that night and Aries still hadn't left her room and no matter how many times Dora or Perseus knocked on the door, they were both worried about what she was doing in there or even if she was alright with the news of Sirius' break out.

Dora had been allowed the rest of the afternoon off to keep an eye on Aries and Perseus until Andromeda and Ted returned home from work. Her and Perseus were currently sitting in the living room playing with a deck of cards, Perseus was trying to explain a game that his friends had shown him during the year but she was either not understanding it or failing on purpose.

The fire place lit up and Dora quickly stood up and pointed her wand at it in case there was someone attempting to harm them or even if it was Sirius but when Oliver stepped out of the green flames she dropped her wand.

"Theo told you?" Dora spoke and Oliver nodded at her.

"Who's Theo?" Perseus questioned.

"Theo is my oldest brother, he's an Auror. He told me about the breakout, where is she?"

"She's in her room but the doors locked and she won't open it, something tells me she wants Fred and George but…"

"But they're in Egypt," Oliver finished Perseus sentence before leaving the room and heading upstairs.

There was only one door that was locked and Oliver assumed it was Aries', he knew knocking wouldn't help since she wouldn't open the door for Dora or Perseus. He just hoped that the Ministry assumed it was Dora doing magic instead of him, he pulled out his wand and unlocked the door but when he entered the room he was shocked.

"Aries…?" the room was a mess, nothing that couldn't be easily fixed by magic but there was so much that was broken. Oliver just hoped that the Aries wasn't hurt, there was so much glass on the floor from either the broken picture frames or even her windows.

Oliver walked over and stuck his head in her bathroom and found her sitting on the floor with a towel pressed against her leg. "What happened?" he walked over and squatted in front of her

"The stupid glass."

"Yes I saw the state of your bedroom, what made you think it was a good idea to do that?" Aries shrugged in reply and moved the towel so Oliver can have a look. "It just looks like a scratch, I'm sure you will be fine. Are you in pain?"

"No, it doesn't hurt. I was just trying to stop the bleeding, what are you doing here?"

"Thought you could do with the company."

"Meaning you heard about him breaking out?"

"Theo's an Auror, he thought I should know. Come on let's get you up and on your bed and I will start cleaning up the glass so you don't hurt yourself again."

"No it's fine you don't have to do that."

"Aries…"

"Misty," Aries spoke ignoring the look Oliver was giving and an elf shortly appeared

"Misses Aries what can I do for you?"

"Can you please clean up my room?"

"Of course, anything else?"

"No that is all," Misty nodded her head before walking into the bedroom.

"Come on babe let's get you cleaned up," Oliver stood up and grabbed another towel before wetting it and using it to wipe away the blood.

When her leg had finally stopped bleeding he placed the towels in her hamper and helped her stand up before helping her into her room and he was shocked to see how quickly the elf cleaned her room.

"Misty's had to do it on more than one occasion," Aries spoke after noticing the confused look on his face.

Aries hated that Oliver had seen this side of her, she was trying to get passed it and not lose control like this. This side of her was the one thing that she had kept from him and it worried her about how he was going to take it but so far he had seemed fine.

Oliver watched as Aries walked over and took a seat in the bay window and stared out of it, the sun was setting and the only thing that would make it better was if Sirius Black hadn't escaped, but he had and Oliver was worried. He had never seen this side of Aries before, there was no emotion on her face or in her voice and the state of her bedroom when he entered worried him but there was no point in pushing with her at the moment.

Oliver walked over and kissed the top of her head. "Are you going to be alright babe?" Aries didn't say anything in reply, she just leaned against him taking in his comfort and she stared out the window.

"Oliver I think you should head home," Oliver turned around and found Andromeda standing there, he knew there was no point in saying anything to Aries, he just kissed the top of her head before bidding Andromeda goodnight and slipping out of the room.

"I should really see if I can get Misty to stop cleaning your room," Andromeda wasn't exactly surprised when Aries didn't turn around, she was used to Aries being like this, after Aries anger had disappeared she was usually emotionless or barely spoke. Andromeda was just hoping this wasn't one of those times where Aries didn't speak.

"I'm surprised you came home early from work."

"Yes, well I had Aurors turn up at St Mungo's demanding to check your mother's room and my office and then they questioned me about if I knew where he was. I then received word from Misty that you had destroyed your room once again, I thought you were past this."

"Did you hear that the Aurors attacked me?" Andromeda moved closer to the window before taking a seat beside, Aries finally looked at her and Andromeda was shocked.

The last time she ended up seeing Aries like this didn't end well, it wasn't long after Perseus had been born and Aries ended up spending a couple of days in St Mungo's on Potions. She had gotten herself so worked up that she was constantly angry and she couldn't come down from it and it worried everyone, the only thing they could think of was admitting her for a couple of days away from Perseus so she could calm down.

"Yes I also heard you threatened to sue them for attacking you and entering the house without permission, I didn't realise that much of what I taught you growing up stuck."

"You should know I'm smarter then I put on."

"And yet you still manager to lose control of your anger and destroy your room, I honestly thought you were passed this," Andromeda reached out and placed a hand on Aries arm but all she did in response was turn back and look out the window.

"Why now?"

"Why now what?"

"Why would he escape now after almost 12 years?"

"I honestly can't tell you that sweetie, I wish I knew but then again I wish I knew why he betrayed his friends like he did. I thought he was different to the rest of our family but it turned out he was just like them."

"Do they have any idea as to why now?"

"They said he had been saying 'at Hogwarts' in his sleep."

"Hence why the checked the house, they think he's after me."

"Or Harry, he is Harry's godfather and they believe it to be Harry more than you. Harry was the one that was Voldemort's downfall, wouldn't he want to get revenge on Harry?"

"I guess that makes sense," Aries pulled her arm away from Andromeda and tuck her legs up to her chest and rested her chin on them.

"Now please tell me, why did you destroy your room?"

"The same reason I always had, I don't know why it happened Dromeda it just did. Am I able to visit mum tonight?"

"Not like this you can't, remember the last time you visited Vega after an episode?"

"I was barely in her room for five minutes before I caused one of her episodes, are you sure it's not genetic?"

"It's hard to tell because Vega isn't herself, I never heard her having episodes like that before she ended up in St Mungo's."

"What if it's brought on by trauma?"

"Again it's hard to know because she isn't herself, you stay up here and get some rest. I will bring you up some dinner, please don't destroy your room again."

"I'll try," was all Aries said in response. Andromeda sat there for a moment waiting to see if anything else would be said but when it was still silent she reluctantly stood up and left Aries alone in her room.